Ghost-like bioluminescent siphonophores drift far above the Hercules ROV. The photograph was taken from the Argus vehicle. Hercules is attached by a 30-meter umbilical to Argus.

Image ID: expl2274, Voyage To Inner Space - Exploring the Seas With NOAA Collect
Location: Atlantic Ocean, Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Photo Date: 2005 July
Credit: IFE, URI-IAO, UW, Lost City Science Party; NOAA/OAR/OER; The Lost City 2005 Expedition

Category: Ocean exploration/

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